Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995

Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Nashville, TN

May 14, 1995Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 1995, 7:13 AM CDT for Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 7:13 AM CDT (12:13 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rutherford County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 30 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 141213
FFWBNA
TNC149-187-141415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
713 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...RUTHERFORD COUNTY...WILLIAMSON COUNTY
 
FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM FAIRVIEW ACROSS
FRANKLIN...SMYRNA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
BOYD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart32 min
May 14, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Montgomery41 min
May 14, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson68 min
May 14, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys68 min
May 14, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner50 min
May 14, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale, Wilson50 min
May 14, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Smith38 min
May 14, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys42 min
May 14, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham42 min
May 14, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson32 min
May 14, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton43 min
May 14, 5:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson3 hr
May 14, 5:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham3 hr
May 14, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam43 min
May 14, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Putnam63 min
May 14, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford63 min
May 14, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson45 min
May 14, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart64 min
May 14, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWhite63 min
May 14, 7:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry66 min
May 14, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson69 min
May 14, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne60 min
May 14, 8:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson3 hr
May 14, 8:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, White3 hr
May 14, 8:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren41 min
May 14, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin66 min
May 14, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Stewart40 min
May 14, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery65 min
May 14, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Stewart30 min
May 14, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson58 min
May 14, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham68 min
May 14, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson50 min
May 14, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham47 min
May 14, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston53 min
May 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson49 min
May 14, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Williamson63 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.